Buyer

Title: Buyer

Office Location: Blackpool

Salary: £40k - £50k (experience depending)

Start: ASAP

Project Type: Fitouts, Refurbs, Shopfitting

The Buyer will play a pivotal role in my client’s organisational procurement process. You will be responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing goods and services essential for their operations. Your keen eye for quality, cost-effectiveness, and supplier relationships will be crucial in maintaining a streamlined procurement function. You will interact regularly with the operations and site teams with excellent interpersonal skills.

Most of their work is across the leisure & Hospitality clients such as Greggs, Pizza Express, KFC, Starbucks, Cineworld, Mowgli, Costa Coffee.

Key Role Deliverables

• Price up materials required as per the project plans and drawings provided with accuracy and detail including liaison with the estimating department to ensure project cost accuracy.
• Preparing and maintaining cost reports.
• Analyse and forecast trends of product usage, manage stock levels in-line with budgets and requirements and assess supplier’s reliability, overcoming challenges and escalating when there’s serious issues.
• Ensure quality of products, obtaining feedback from the project managers and site managers and liaising closely on suitable items required for the job.
• Negotiate prices and terms with suppliers that are favourable to the company and in-line with budgets.
• Order appropriate products that comply with health & safety guidelines and coordinate delivery dates that meet project deadlines and service requirements via close liaison with suppliers and sub-contractors.
• Research competitor activities, attend trade fairs to identify and propose new suppliers and/or alternative products that help them to remain ahead of competition and enhance their high standards.
• Supporting the Purchasing team with projects.
• All reports to be delivered accurately and on time.
• All critical goals to be met.
• Experience in construction related services with a minimum of 3 years relevant experience.

Skills

• Proven record of negotiation and communication skills across a variety of stakeholders and the ability to build strong relationships at all levels.
• Can demonstrate comfort with numbers and data.
• Financial and accounting knowledge for calculating costs, margins and discounts.
• An understanding of supply chain management and logistics.